WATCH | Conte launches unbelievable tirade aimed at Spurs players, club: 'I see selfish players'

Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte tore into his "selfish" players, saying they "didn't want to play under pressure" after they squandered a chance to go third in the Premier League with a 3-3 draw Saturday away to bottom-of-the-table Southampton.

Spurs were on course to secure an important win in their quest for Champions League qualification when Ivan Perisic scored in the 74th minute after earlier goals by Pedro Porro and Harry Kane.

The visitors led 3-1 at that stage, after Che Adams had cancelled out Porro's opener.

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But the Saints hit back, with Theo Walcott cutting the deficit in the 77th minute before James Ward-Prowse's stoppage-time penalty extended Spurs' winless run on the road to five matches.

Tottenham's recent defeats by AC Milan and Sheffield United saw them exit the Champions League and FA Cup respectively to ensure the club have now gone 15 years without a major trophy.

Conte was in no mood to spare his squad's feelings during a 10-minute tirade at St Mary's, with Tottenham now just two points ahead of Newcastle, who have two games in hand, in the race for the fourth and final Champions League place.

"We are 11 players that go into the pitch. I see selfish players, I see players that don't want to help each other and don't put their heart (in)," he said.

"Why? Because they are used to it here, they are used to it. They don't play for something important yeah. They don't want to play under pressure, they don't want to play under stress.

"It is easy in this way. Tottenham's story is this. Twenty years there is the owner and they never won something but why? The fault is only for the club, or for every manager that stays here. I have seen